Historian and International Bestselling Author, Peter Vronsky, describes his brief encounter with serial killer Cottingham in a seedy New York hotel in 1979 that later inspired him to write his bestseller history “Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters”. In “Times Square Torso Ripper” Vronsky explores the history of the notorious Forty-Deuce strip on 42nd Street near Times Square and how it spawned the sadistic monster Richard Cottingham in an era before the term "serial killer" had been coined in popular culture.

Renowned serial homicide expert Dr. Robert D. Keppel said of Richard Cottingham, “I kept asking myself what it was that ultimately intrigued me about the Cottingham case. Partly it was the level of sadistic torture that Cottingham acted out on his victims. He didn’t kill them and desecrate their bodies; he forced them to experience pain and humiliation before he killed them. Then he desecrated their bodies.”

From underworld gangsters to homegrown terrorists, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has tracked down and arrested some of the most infamous felons in history.

In this 2nd volume of TOP CASES of The FBI, Parker includes more recent and illustrious cases broken down into major criminal categories; Organized Crime and Gangsters, Counterintelligence/Espionage, Violent Crime/Major Thefts/Bank Robberies, Civil Rights, White Collar Crime, and Terrorism.

Some of the more notorious investigations detailed in the book include; Black Dahlia, Hurricane Katrina Fraud, American Traitor Robert Hanssen, Undercover FBI Agent Joseph Pistone, the KKK, and the Anthrax Attacks post 9/11.

A family of three tied up, each with a gun to their head, “Where’s the money? Where’s the fucking money?” one of the intruders yelled. A petrified daughter tortured and forced to listen to her parents being shot in cold blood. “I heard shots, like pops,” she told the 911 operator, “somebody's broke into our home, please, I need help!” Was this a home invasion? Or something else, more sinister, a deadly betrayal.

The real-life horror story that happened inside the Pan family home shocked their normally peaceful upscale Toronto neighborhood. The Pans were an example of an immigrant family. Hann and his wife, Bich Pan, fled from Vietnam to Canada after the U.S.-Vietnamese war to find a better life. Their daughter, Jennifer, was an Olympic-caliber figure skater, an award-winning pianist, and a straight A student.

The Pans worked their way up in this rags-to-riches story, now living in a beautiful home with luxury cars in the driveway. Was it these expensive items that lured three intruders with guns into their home on the night of November 8, 2010?

Find out what really happened when seasoned true crime reporter and author, Alan R. Warren, takes you through the details as they unfold in this book of a deadly betrayal.

Violence and mayhem in Africa is the norm with an estimated 49 persons murdered in the country of South Africa daily while acquiring one of the highest rates of rape on Earth. Fear of HIV and AIDS finds South Africa ranked among the worst nations for child and baby rape, as many sexual predators believe only young children are "clean.”

In such an atmosphere, serial killers flourish. Hearts of Darkness presents 63 notable African cases, arranged chronologically by the years when specific slayers were active—or, in the case of those still unidentified, when they were known to operate. No names of facts have been altered.

Leaders of the USSR described their environment as a "Socialist Paradise," claiming that it was entirely free of "decadent Western crimes" such as racketeering and serial murder.

Sadly, they were wrong. Dead wrong.

In fact, the Soviet Union had yet to be born on paper when its first known serial killer surfaced. He was Vasili Ivanovich Komaroff, dubbed "The Wolf of Moscow," a horse trader who, with wife Sophia, killed at least 33 victims between 1921 and 1923. The couple's efficient modus operandi involved luring male customers to their stable where Vasili plied them with vodka, slit their throats or bludgeoned them with hammers, robbed their corpses, and placed their bodies in trash bags for burial or dumping into the Moscow River.

Serial murder occurred in Russia's "Socialist Paradise” like it did everywhere else in the world and it continues unabated to the present day.

Iron Curtain Killers presents 26 cases of Russian serial killing, recorded from the 1960s into the 21st century. Law enforcement may no longer deny that such crimes occur in Russia, but as we shall see, sadly they fall short of solving many serial murder cases.

Michael Newton is author of the International Bestseller, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (Facts on File Crime Library) and over 300 more books (True Crime and Western Novels)

"WARNING: This book contains several crime scene photos that are graphic in nature and may be very disturbing to some people. Do not proceed if under the age of 18 or are disturbed by scenes of death and violence."

One after another, young women disappeared without a trace in the night. One by one, their brutalized bodies turned up, the macabre crime scenes suggesting they shared the same cruel fate. Abducted, bound, and raped, all fell prey to an unknown killer, all became the victims of a deadly deception.

Mikhail Popkov seemed to live the perfect life. Beautiful family, rewarding career, admiration and respect of the entire police force he worked with. Yet underneath, he had a deadly secret no one would ever believe...he moonlighted as a serial killer.

His family and co-workers doubted his guilt in the beginning, but when he confessed to the crimes and led the police to his many dumping sites, they were horrified. In an effort to avoid Black Dolphin, Russia’s most feared prison, Popkov continued to list names and locations of more and more victims.

When his kill count climbed above 81 souls, everyone wondered what could have caused this seemingly ordinary man to snap, carry out a never-before-seen reign of terror on the people of Russia, and turn into the worse serial killer in Russian history.

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Mikhail Popkov seemed to live the perfect life. Beautiful family, rewarding career, admiration and respect of the entire police force he worked with. Yet underneath, he had a deadly secret no one would ever believe...he moonlighted as a serial killer.

His family and co-workers doubted his guilt in the beginning, but when he confessed to the crimes and led the police to his many dumping sites, they were horrified. In an effort to avoid Black Dolphin, Russia’s most feared prison, Popkov continued to list names and locations of more and more victims.

When his kill count climbed above 81 souls, everyone wondered what could have caused this seemingly ordinary man to snap, carry out a never-before-seen reign of terror on the people of Russia, and turn into the worse serial killer in Russian history.

Are you the type of person who likes everything to be clean to a fault, and arranged in a specific order? Do you find yourself fretting about those things or not being able to sleep if items are out of place? While with some individuals this is simply normal behaviour, in others, it could be a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD for short.

Today, OCD affects 1 in 50 Americans. The obsessive thoughts and compulsions relating to this disorder impact approximately four million people in the USA alone. It can afflict anyone regardless of age, gender or socioeconomic status. Even Hollywood stars have admitted to suffering from this disorder. While serious, and even grave if ignored, it is treatable.

Written with first hand knowledge, Learning to Live With OCD and Anxiety explains what OCD is, the symptoms that manifest within each of the different types, and the various treatments available. All while debunking the various myths surrounding the disorder.

This collection of "Filicidal Killers" provides a gripping overview of how things can go horribly wrong in once-loving families. Parents Who Killed their Children depicts ten of the most notorious and horrific cases of homicidal parental units out of control. People like--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, and Jeffrey MacDonald--who received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons; from addiction to postpartum psychosis, insanity to altruism, revenge and jealousy.

Each story is detailed with background information on the parents, the murder scenes, trials, sentencing and aftermath.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - "{A} valuable resource and reference book for Criminologists and Psychologists on the fraught subject of maternal filicide, supported with ten case studies. A clear-eyed view on the most heartbreaking of crimes."

SUSPENSE MAGAZINE - "Parents Who Kill Their Children is a great read for aficionados of true crime. The way the author laid the cases out made the hair on the back of my neck stand up."

"Acclaimed true crime author, RJ Parker, has a knack for collecting high-profile cases under specific themes. This collection about parents who kill their children provides a fast-paced, gripping overview of how things can go horribly wrong in once-loving families. From Andrea Yates to Jeffrey MacDonald to Susan Smith, Parker reports on the stunning case details and suggests reasons why the parental bond can get so twisted. The updates at the end of each chapter add a lot, since popular media rarely follows up. An important reference for true crime readers."

-- (Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D.), bestselling author of "The Mind of a Murderer" and "The Ivy League Killer."

"Is there anything more reprehensible than filicide--that is, the intended act of a parent killing his or her own child? In "Parents Who Killed Their Children," the award-winning true crime author RJ Parker shines a powerful light on this dark and sordid phenomenon. First, Parker offers a number of possible psychological and environmental causes (or at least correlates) of filicide. Then he presents ten shocking, real life case histories of parents who murdered their children. The result is a book that is bound to make you rethink the absolute sanctity of motherhood and reflect on why some mothers do indeed "eat their young." This is a powerful read and another hard-hitting, compelling entry by RJ Parker."

From underworld gangsters to homegrown terrorists, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has tracked down and arrested some of the most infamous felons in history.

In this 2nd volume of TOP CASES of The FBI, Parker includes more recent and illustrious cases broken down into major criminal categories; Organized Crime and Gangsters, Counterintelligence/Espionage, Violent Crime/Major Thefts/Bank Robberies, Civil Rights, White Collar Crime, and Terrorism.

Some of the more notorious investigations detailed in the book include; Black Dahlia, Hurricane Katrina Fraud, American Traitor Robert Hanssen, Undercover FBI Agent Joseph Pistone, the KKK, and the Anthrax Attacks post 9/11.

Fueled by methamphetamines and deviant motives, nothing was off limits for James Daveggio and Michelle Michaud. Not even their own children. Living out of a specially rigged minivan (a mobile torture chamber that included ropes, hooks, curling irons, duct tape, etc), this cold-blooded murdering duo kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed young girls from Reno, Nevada, to Sacramento, California.

While the local and state police departments, and even the FBI, vigorously searched for the couple, they freely hunted for prey and carried out their months-long spree of abduction and murder.

Warning: This true account is at times quite graphic which some may find disturbing.

A serial killer, as originally described by Ronald Ressler of the FBI, is usually an individual (but may be a small group or an individual validated by a group) who murders three or more people over more than one event. The FBI recently changed this definition to an individual who commitstwo or more murderswith a "cooling-off" period in which the killer plans and fantasizes about the next kill while reliving the previous one.Cite https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder#two

Ressler of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), used the term to describe a different class of killer who operates independently of criminal or political affiliation with an aim to take life due to personal reasoning, rather than any outside influence from society.

Serial killers usually kill for one of several reasons, including personal enjoyment, stress relief, or even to uphold a personal set of moral or rational values (such as the Yorkshire Ripper in the United Kingdom, who killed to clean the streets of what he believed to be a plight on his world).

Serial killers can come from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds, can be male or female, and often have trouble empathizing with others.

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The typical characteristics of a serial killer are hard to pin down; as there really aren't any concrete indicators beyond the simple fact that the individual has chosen to engage in a series of murders for his or her own reason.

With that said, there are several broad trends that have been noted. Most specifically is the age range in which serial murderers become fully active—between the ages of twenty and forty. Older cases have been identified, but those are usually believed to be serial killers who avoided earlier detection. Younger people involved in serial killing have also been identified, but they are unlikely to be directly involved at first, and instead typically take a supporting role to a more dominant individual.

Serial killers are also typically male, although this view has been criticized in recent times, as female serial killers are not uncommon but still not as numerous as men. The major difference between male and female serial killers is in actual method, rather than motivation and capability. Women are more likely to choose passive methods, such as poisoning, while men tend to choose violent methods, such as strangulation or stabbing.

There are also a disproportionately high number of ethnic minority serial killers, especially in the U.S. This may be because they are more likely to succumb to an unstable, unusually stressful or abusive situation, due to the less than ideal treatment of ethnic minorities within many societies.

Serial killers are commonly thought of as intelligent, but recent research conducted in the United States has shown that they are in fact of average to below average intelligence, with an average IQ of 93. Many serial killers are often raised in abusive or unstable households and this abuse causes behavioural and mental problems later in life.

The Macdonald triad is a set of behavioural characteristics often used to describe the background and possible indications of a serial killer. This theory proposes that there are three behaviours common in serial killers. They include: a preoccupation and obsession with fire starting, a prevalence for sadistic behaviour as a child (which may involve the torture and killing of small animals), and bed wetting into the early teen years (past the age of twelve). However, there have always been exceptions to the above and a serial killer can emerge from any background or area of society.

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The modus operandi (MO) is a term coined to refer to the particular methods and functional characteristics of a serial killer. The MO can be made up of different aspects, such as the time to strike, the characteristics of a victim, the tools to be used, the methods of gaining entry or luring and subduing a victim, or the locations used during the crime.

The MO can and often will be similar when conducted by the same person, as there are usually personal reasons or rational issues leading to the choice of a particular method. Similar MOs can be used to link homicides by police departments and possibly uncover an individual serial killer who may have gone unnoticed. The MO is similar to and may be involved in the signature of a particular serial killer, but the two are not one and the same. The signature is often a personal and symbolic feature of a serial killer's crimes and typically has personal meaning that may not be immediately apparent.

On the other hand, the MO also refers to the practical choices made by the serial killer in actually committing the act. Not all serial killers leave a signature, as not all murders may be 'perfect' or uninterrupted according to the killer. However, MOs will typically remain similar across all murders as the killer becomes comfortable with the act of killing. Analyzing MOs can be used to predict, link, and eventually convict serial killers by better understanding their methods and abilities.

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The motives of serial killers differ depending on their background and circumstances but can be put into one of four categories generally: visionary, mission-orientated, hedonistic and power seeking.

Visionaries believe an outside force compels them to commit murder. These outside forces are generally broken into two groups: demon spoken and God spoken. Those in the demon spoken group believe they are influenced by and led into the act due to an intangible force of evil intent that enjoys the act in some way. Those in the God spoken group believe they are led into the act due to a good or divine presence that justifies the act in terms of a higher power or greater good. Visionaries typically suffer from psychotic and hallucinatory breaks with reality, and are deemed mentally ill for the most part. They may be dealing with emotional trauma left over from an abusive or unusually stressful past.

Mission-orientated serial killers believe they are conducting some kind of service or fulfilling a function. This function is determined by the killer and his own ability to understand the world around him. They believe they are, in essence, conducting a mission, such a cleaning up the world or removing a perceived evil or problematic element of society (for example, prostitutes).

Hedonistic serial killers kill for the pleasure of killing and may also receive sexual gratification from the act. They kill for their own sexual pleasure and derive greater pleasure through greater depths of torture and mutilation. Hedonistic killers tend to increase the frequency of their attacks as they become more eager to repeat the process. They are also notorious for becoming sloppy and disregarding the possibility of being discovered.

Finally, power and control serial killers seek to kill in order to exercise some dimension of control over their victims. This includes the 'angel of death' cases, in which medical practitioners kill or attempt to kill patients in order to exercise power over who lives and who dies. These killers are also called thrill seeking killers, as they kill to get the thrill of dominance over their victims. Those who kill others for financial gain and material possessions also fall into this category, as the thrill of gaining something from someone else by murder is exercising the power and dominance over another person.

John Harding’s Monster Squad challenges the new MS-13 arrivals in Oakland with death and deportation.

Nick McCarty takes a contract on Mexican pirates who killed a man’s son on Falcon Lake in Texas, while covering the hit with another book signing.

Mehdi Al-Kazar wants revenge for the killing of Kalil Al-Kazar, whom Nick blew up in a Michigan grenade attack.

Interlinking threads from Antifa/BLM thugs, both the Monster Squad and Unholy Trio tangle with, lead to a terrorist enabler they thought was in prison. He holds the key to getting both Mehdi Al-Kazar and the Isle of Darkness, where Cafrey Rothstein hosts and enables terrorist leaders on a modern-day sex slave island.

A last second injury catapults a substituting John Harding into the fight of his life against a former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, to gain UFC reinstatement.

Spreading awareness about the reality of hot car deaths is the first step toward eliminating these tragedies.
In Backseat Tragedies: Hot Car Deaths, bestselling true crime authors RJ Parker and JJ Slate explore the circumstances that led to the deaths of over twenty children who died of hyperthermia, or heatstroke, in a car. They explore the science of how quickly a car can heat to deadly temperatures and why the human brain can so easily be tricked into forgetting something as important as a child. They also highlight important steps we can take as a community to prevent future casualties.
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Some of the country's most infamous inmates serving a death sentence or life without parole are represented in this telling chronicle. True crime author Kelly Banaski takes a look at their gruesome crimes and shares her conversations with them in this look at heinous crimes and life in prison.
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From the old days of mobsters in smoky barrooms plotting to gun down their rivals, to the new age of ordinary people hiring contract killers through the Dark Web, this book depicts the history of assassins and how they work.

While movies portray assassins as glamorous, wealthy and full of mystery, the sober truth is often quite different.

The number of homicides credited to contract killers each year is staggering, and on the rise: business people killing their rivals, organized gang war kills, honor killings and even cold-blooded kills between spouses.

In Blood Money: The Method and Madness of Assassins, RJ Parker documents over a dozen infamous cases of professional assassins including Richard Kuklinski (The Ice Man), Charles Harrelson (Natural Born Killer) and Vincent Coll (Mad Dog).

Included is also a riveting foreword written by Dr. Scott Bonn providing his reasoning why an assassin is not considered a serial killer in the professional community.

RJ Parker, PhD, is an award-winning and bestselling true crime author and publisher of RJ Parker Publishing. He has written 26 true crime books which are available in eBook, paperback and audiobook editions and have sold in over 100 countries. He holds Certifications in Serial Crime and Criminal Profiling. Parker amazes his readers with top notch writing and idealist research.

The Crime of the Decade in Wisconsin...and covered nationally by CNN News. Interviews by Barbara Walters on 20/20, Oprah Winfrey and in April 2017, Dr. Oz.

Teri Jendusa never dreamed she would marry a violent, malignant narcissist like David Larsen. But she did. Why? Simple. Larsen cleverly concealed his true nature until the marriage vows were final. David, an eventual church council president and model citizen, rapidly began to morph into a monster and sociopath, telling Teri on their wedding day, “now, I own you.”

Beaten and Left For Dead is a book about extreme marital violence, dominant control and psychological torment through the mind of the out-of-control David Larsen. It's also about survival, faith and a mother’s will to live for her children’s sake...as she faces death, face to face.

This is an ideal book for women’s studies and book clubs as it looks inside a large women’s shelter, giving the reader a glimpse of a support network. The author also interviews a counselor who works with violent men with surprising results.

Teri Jendusa-Nicolai continues to crusade for women’s issues to this day and currently works with a Wisconsin commission on domestic violence.